"Hurricane" is a high-powered lyrical collaboration featuring (now Yasiin Bey), Common , Black Thought , Dice Raw , and Flo Brown , backed by The Roots and the Jazzyfatnastees . Released in 1999 for the soundtrack of the film The Hurricane , the track serves as a modern hip-hop tribute to the story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter , a professional boxer wrongfully convicted of a triple murder in 1966 . Artistic and Narrative Focus
: Produced by The Roots , the song features a somber, marching rhythm that underscores the gravity of the subject matter. Hurricane - Black Thought - Spotify Hurricane - Black Thought - Spotify : The
: The lyrics explore the feeling of being "locked down forever" and the mental "mechanical" state required to survive in a cage. and Flo Brown